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[ in-ep-ti-tood, -tyood, ih-nep- ] / ɪnˈɛp tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud, ɪˈnɛp- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ineptitude ON THESAURUS.COM
nounquality or condition of being inept. an inept act or remark. Origin of ineptitudeFrom the Latin word ineptitūdō, dating back to 1605–15. See inept, -i-, -tude Words nearby ineptitudeineloquent, ineluctable, ineludible, inenarrable, inept, ineptitude, inequable, inequality, inequilateral, inequitable, inequity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ineptitudeIt was the latest example of my complete ineptitude at terrestrial ecology. 11 Great Microadventures You Can Do Now|The Editors|October 1, 2020|Outside Online Yet Barrios continues to show that his is not — either because he believes he is above the law, because of his own ineptitude, or both. Kelvin Barrios Must Drop Out of the D9 Race|Janessa Goldbeck|August 28, 2020|Voice of San Diego This pile of garbage and ineptitude is heading in one direction—toward a long-term crisis very costly to all. Cut the Baloney on Ukraine|Leslie H. Gelb|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their ineptitude required the seaman to abandon his post at the tiller and man an oar himself. The Titanic’s Haute Heroine: The Countess of Rothes|Elizabeth Kaye|April 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It can just about compensate for any degree of ineptitude when running for office. The Ad Campaign That Could Save Herman Cain|Judith Grey|November 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST His reputation for ineptitude was enhanced when his secret testimony to the special tribunal recently leaked to the press. Lebanon's Dangerous Power Struggle|Christopher Dickey|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST The episodes conclude with the dates, which usually go badly—often thanks to the men's ineptitude at basic human decency. The Cattiest Matchmaker|Emily Gould|February 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST Gordon was simply sacrificed to ineptitude in high quarters at home. An Autobiography|Elizabeth Butler He was like a man who goes into a contest conquered already by his ineptitude at arms––and Kitty would have her way! Hidden Water|Dane Coolidge So quickly did the forcefulness or ineptitude of four commanders determine the course of events. William Pitt and the Great War|John Holland Rose Cooper resented his authority over himself and Stand Watie interpreted his waiting policy as due to inertness and ineptitude. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War|Annie Heloise Abel The very style of the schoolmen became a byword for ineptitude and barbarism. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Words related to ineptitudeinability, incompetence, awkwardness, ineptness, clumsiness, ungracefulness |